'Naif' definitions:
Definition of 'naif'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" [syn: naive, naif] [ant: sophisticated]
noun
A naive or inexperienced person
Definition of 'Naif'
From: GCIDE
- Naif \Na"["i]f`\ (?; formerly ?), a. [F. na["i]f. See {Na["i]ve}.]
- 1. Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Na["i]ve; as, a na["i]f remark. --London Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'naif'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babe,
- boob,
- child,
- child of nature,
- chump,
- cinch,
- credulous person,
- cull,
- dove,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- fall guy,
- fish,
- fool,
- gobe-mouches,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- hick,
- infant,
- ingenue,
- innocent,
- lamb,
- leadpipe cinch,
- lout,
- mere child,
- monkey,
- noble savage,
- oaf,
- patsy,
- pigeon,
- plaything,
- prize sap,
- pushover,
- rube,
- sap,
- saphead,
- schlemiel,
- simple soul,
- sitting duck,
- stooge,
- sucker,
- toy,
- trusting soul,
- unsophisticate,
- victim,
- yokel